{"id":111113,"date":"2021-06-11T15:12:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T07:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/?p=111113"},"modified":"2021-06-11T15:12:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T07:12:01","slug":"sorry-jokic-chris-paul-should-have-been-the-nba-mvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/basketball\/sorry-jokic-chris-paul-should-have-been-the-nba-mvp-111113.html","title":{"rendered":"Sorry Jokic, Chris Paul Should Have Been the NBA MVP!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Chris-Paul-min.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Paul\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-111114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Chris-Paul-min.jpg 620w, https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Chris-Paul-min-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Chris-Paul-min-120x68.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"button-container\">\n<div class=\"button-align\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dafa07.net\/DFBSPMY-REG1\"><img alt=\"\"src=\"https:\/\/www.dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/unspoken\/images\/join-now.png\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dafa07.net\/DFBSPMY-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/unspoken\/images\/view-market.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class='content-column one_fourth'><p><strong>Share this story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style\">\n<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook_like\" fb:like:layout=\"button_count\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"addthis_button_tweet\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"addthis_button_google_plusone\" g:plusone:size=\"medium\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_pinit\" pi:pinit:url=\"https:\/\/www.dafabet.com\" pi:pinit:media=\"#\" pi:pinit:layout=\"horizontal\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=undefined\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- AddThis Button END --><br \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"three-fourth\">\n<p>Yes, individually, Paul averaged 16.4 points, 8.9 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 1.4 steals in 31.4 minutes over 70 games and Nikola Jokic\u2019s 26.4 points, 10.8 rebounds, 8.3 assists and 1.3 steals in 34.6 minutes over 72 games for a Nuggets team without star point guard Jamal Murray (plus-2.7 Offensive Box Plus\/Minus) are clearly better but former Rockets assistant coach Irv Roland explained it well.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe award says valuable, not outstanding,\u201d<\/em> Roland told Bally Sports National\u2019s Brandon \u201cScoop B\u201d Robinson by phone. <em>\u201cMeasuring individual value, this player\u2019s addition took a non-playoff team to the best record in the NBA, I don\u2019t see what the debate is.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe\u2019s always been successful, just like me,\u201d<\/em> NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Owens told Robinson via text message.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cEvery stop that he\u2019s been, he\u2019s made a difference and production has been equally as good. Say what you want about him, you can\u2019t deny his body of work. Definitely a Hall of Famer, I might add!\u201d<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s NBA, many of Chris Paul\u2019s peers have won championships after joining super teams but he\u2019s become Master Yoda to teams full of Luke Skywalkers like the Thunder and Suns. CP3\u2019s Basketball IQ was on full display last season when he led a 44-28 Thunder team to the playoffs and one game away from eliminating the Rockets in the first round in the bubble.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe last two seasons have been MVP worthy for him after they said he was done,\u201d<\/em> two-time NBA All-Star Isaiah Thomas told Robinson.<\/p>\n<p>On the court, Paul helped transform a Suns team that finished 10th in the Western Conference with a 34-39 record last season to one that eliminated the defending champion Lakers in the first round and has a 2-0 lead against the Nuggets in the second round (at press time). CP3 helped the Suns make the playoffs for the first time since 2010, ending an 11-year drought.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe was a piece that was needed for those young guys,\u201d<\/em> former Suns point guard Stephon Marbury told Robinson by phone from China.<\/p>\n<p>In Game 1 against the Nuggets, Chris Paul scored 14 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter, playing his best game of the playoffs since initially hurting his shoulder in Game 1 against the Lakers in the first round. Paul added 11 assists and six rebounds in 35 minutes. Then, he finished with 17 points, 15 assists and zero turnovers in Game 2 and his assist-to-turnover ratio in the series is now 26-1.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yes, individually, Paul averaged 16.4 points, 8.9 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 1.4 steals in 31.4 minutes over 70 games and Nikola Jokic\u2019s 26.4 points, 10.8 rebounds, 8.3 assists and 1.3 steals in 34.6 minutes over 72 games for a Nuggets team without star point guard Jamal Murray (plus-2.7 Offensive Box Plus\/Minus) are clearly better but former Rockets assistant coach Irv Roland explained it well. \u201cThe award says valuable, not outstanding,\u201d Roland told Bally Sports National\u2019s Brandon \u201cScoop B\u201d Robinson by phone. \u201cMeasuring individual value, this player\u2019s addition took a non-playoff team to the best record in the NBA, I don\u2019t see what the debate is.\u201d \u201cHe\u2019s always been successful, just like me,\u201d NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Owens told Robinson via text message. \u201cEvery stop that he\u2019s been, he\u2019s made a difference and production has been equally as good. Say what you want about him, you can\u2019t deny his body of work. Definitely a Hall of Famer, I might add!\u201d\u00a0 In today\u2019s NBA, many of Chris Paul\u2019s peers have won championships after joining super teams but he\u2019s become Master Yoda to teams full of Luke Skywalkers like the Thunder and Suns. 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